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Back to SearchAlva Vanderbilt: life of the week
Episode 2368
Climbing to the top of Gilded Age society in 19th-century America, socialite Alva Vanderbilt made headlines for being one of the first elite women to divorce on her terms, and she later turned her am…
Published on 4 hours ago
How women were erased from economic history
Episode 2367
Across 12,000 years of history, prosperity has flourished in societies where women could fully participate – and faltered when they were pushed to the margins. That's what Dr Victoria Bateman argues …
Published on 1 day, 4 hours ago
The Phoenicians: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2366
They gave us the alphabet, charted the seas by the Pole Star, and built Carthage – once Rome’s greatest rival. So why have the Phoenicians been forgotten? Speaking to Emily Briffett, historian Joseph…
Published on 2 days, 4 hours ago
Black women and the fight for human rights
Episode 2365
Despite facing significant obstacles in their own lives, black women in the United States were at the forefront of campaigns for human rights at home and abroad. Historian Keisha N Blain tells the st…
Published on 4 days, 4 hours ago
Soviet dissidents who challenged the Kremlin
Episode 2364
In the years following Stalin’s death in 1953, a new phenomenon emerged within the Soviet Union: so-called 'dissidents'. Preferring to think of themselves as 'rights defenders', these individuals adv…
Published on 6 days, 4 hours ago
El Cid: life of the week
Episode 2363
The life of El Cid, the famed 11th-century Castilian warrior otherwise known as Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, is steeped in legend. Historian Nora Berend joins Danny Bird to examine his real-life exploits d…
Published on 1 week ago
Burying the enemy: commemorating the world wars' fallen foes
Episode 2362
For Britain and Germany, both world wars saw hundreds of thousands of casualties – but what happened to the bodies of those who died on enemy territory? And what impact did this have upon their berea…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
The Mughal empire: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2361
The Mughal empire was one of the most powerful and influential dynasties in South Asian history, blending together a mix of cultural traditions to create a legacy of dazzling architecture, innovative…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
The Amazons: wonder-women of the ancient world
Episode 2360
If you know anything about the Amazons of ancient legend, it's probably that they were fearsome female fighters, who bravely battled against male heroes of Greek legend. But, according to Professor D…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
How did the Vikings shape Russia and Ukraine?
Episode 2359
The story of the Vikings who travelled to eastern Europe is just as thrilling as the story of those who headed west. It's also just as important – still being relevant today through deep rooted conne…
Published on 1 week, 6 days ago